Starting an album with a clattering of industrial rhythms sliding into a huge clap-and-stompalong with angelic vocals and what sounds like the Brotherhood of Man on a vocal loop tip not far removed from Suicide or Laurie Anderson is one way to make a mark. The fact that Panda Bear, aka Noah Lennox himself, sings like Brian Wilson and produces his voice to sound like it is another, though it has to be said that it just makes his Animal Collective membership all the more clear at this point. Person Pitch is very much an end product of a variety of musical trends in whatever can be called indie rock in the early 21st century -- big-sounding, absolutely dedicated to texture and sonic playfulness, and somehow aiming to make a lot of interesting ideas seem kinda flat. There's no question there's both an audience for Panda Bear's work and the sounds he's playing around with, and to his considerable credit he creates a series of moody and memorable loops throughout. Songs like "Take Pills" and "Good Girl" are miles away from the rhythm-by-numbers of many of Panda Bear's contemporaries; importantly, after so many bands that just want to sound like late-'60s Beach Boys lock, stock, and barrel, the fact that there's a recognition that production and beat technology didn't stay frozen in time stands out. At its best, with the song "Bros," there's a beautiful transcendence that lives up to all the promise that has surrounded Panda Bear's work, the song slowly but surely evolving into a fantastic epic that could easily stand on its own as an EP. Still, the sweetness is almost too gooey, and what should be providing a healthy contrast ends up dragging the best instrumental moments down more than once, almost literally getting in the way of the striking sonic collages. It may be heresy to some, but conceivably Person Pitch would be at its best if it were strictly instrumental.
Person Pitch, the latest and best effort from Panda Bear (Animal Collective's Noah Lennox) crackles open with "Comfy in Nautica", a joyful piece of Southern Baptist tent revivalism crossed with the best parts of Pet Sounds.Lennox samples repetitive musical figures (a looped choir belting out "Try!") and sounds of modern transportation (trains, boats, racecars?) to mesmerizing melodic effect, mu...
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I know this album was released last year, but I figured that peeps in Australia might like to check it out to escape the onset of a cold and grey winter. However, if you're on the other side of the world this album could just as easily become your summer jam. Person Pitch evokes 1970's Big M commercials - hazy memories of bronzed teenagers with sunshine sparkling off their golden hair, and beac...
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What are you listening to these days, old chum?Since you ask, Panda Bear. Are they a band?No, an actual panda bear. He's in a cage on my desk. I feed him bamboo shoots and coffee and he sings the blues. Of course, they're a band.Sarky. I was only making conversation. Any use, this band?A lot of use. I've been listening to their album Perfect Pitch for two weeks solid. Unusual for me, 'cos norma...
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Holy shit. I just bought the new Panda Bear album Person Pitch on the strength of it's reviews and of the awesomeness of the following video... and my god. It is by far my favorite record this year. Soooo amazing. People. Drop what you are doing and buy this record right freaking now. And then grab tickets to his shows if he's coming to your town because good lord knows they're going to s...
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I interviewed Noah Lennox, otherwise known as Panda Bear, a month or so ago about his new record, the really quite excellent Person Pitch which is officially out this week. I talked to him while he was in Arizona recording the next Animal Collective record and was one of a whole string of interviewers he spoke to that night...but I'm thinking no one else asked him about the owl. Here's a bit ...
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Wow! New Panda Bear album...in the words of Peter Griffin, "HOLY CRAP!"Listen Hear/Here:http://popsavant.multiply.com/music/item/2108
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If you haven't had an opportunity to listen to Panda Bear's new album "Person Pitch," please please please do so. The only phrase that could really describe this album insofar that I have absorbed it is "a sonic BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM of sound".
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"he did a series of collages on paper and tacked them up on the wall of his den, but Lucille, who had supervised the purchase and interior decoration of their house in Corona, Queens, objected. Armstrong decided to use his extensive library of tapes as a canvas instead, and the result is a collection of some five hundred decorated reel-to-reel boxes, one thousand collages counting front and bac...
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I just started the Panda Bear disc, 'Person Pitch' and I haven't gotten past the first track. Wow, this sounds so much like 'Pet Sounds' era Beach Boys...that is not a knock, if you are attempting to pay homage to a particular sound, there are many worse ways to go. Ok...going to go on listen to the rest of the record now, but I love this song, had to share...
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What are you listening to these days, old chum?Since you ask, Panda Bear. Are they a band?No, an actual panda bear. He's in a cage on my desk. I feed him bamboo shoots and coffee and he sings the blues. Of course, they're a band.Sarky. I was only making conversation. Any use, this band?A lot of use. I've been listening to their album Perfect Pitch for two weeks solid. Unusual for me, 'cos norma...
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Panda Bear chose this special spooky day to release their new video "Comfy In Nautica." It's a lovely laid back skate video (total opposite of the adrenaline rush of most amped up sk8 vids) and the song is a sublimely nice way to transition out of work and into the night.Panda Bear - "Comfy In Nautica":The video was directed by Patrick O'Dell and Sam Salganik.
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I interviewed Noah Lennox, otherwise known as Panda Bear, a month or so ago about his new record, the really quite excellent Person Pitch which is officially out this week. I talked to him while he was in Arizona recording the next Animal Collective record and was one of a whole string of interviewers he spoke to that night...but I'm thinking no one else asked him about the owl. Here's a bit ...
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Person Pitch, the latest and best effort from Panda Bear (Animal Collective's Noah Lennox) crackles open with "Comfy in Nautica", a joyful piece of Southern Baptist tent revivalism crossed with the best parts of Pet Sounds.Lennox samples repetitive musical figures (a looped choir belting out "Try!") and sounds of modern transportation (trains, boats, racecars?) to mesmerizing melodic effect, mu...
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Wow! New Panda Bear album...in the words of Peter Griffin, "HOLY CRAP!"Listen Hear/Here:http://popsavant.multiply.com/music/item/2108
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Just went to what was, by far, the best show I've seen all year! Panda Bear playing to a sold-out house in Philadelphia's First Unitarian Church. Another amazing R5 Productions show!Another clip on my vlog Live Music Journal. Be patient with this one... it gets AMAZING! Panda Bear 6/22/07 from (( magdalenus )) on Vimeo
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Holy shit. I just bought the new Panda Bear album Person Pitch on the strength of it's reviews and of the awesomeness of the following video... and my god. It is by far my favorite record this year. Soooo amazing. People. Drop what you are doing and buy this record right freaking now. And then grab tickets to his shows if he's coming to your town because good lord knows they're going to s...
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I know this album was released last year, but I figured that peeps in Australia might like to check it out to escape the onset of a cold and grey winter. However, if you're on the other side of the world this album could just as easily become your summer jam. Person Pitch evokes 1970's Big M commercials - hazy memories of bronzed teenagers with sunshine sparkling off their golden hair, and beac...
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Animal Collective’s Panda Bear aka Noah Lennox has announced dates for a forthcoming solo European tour.The short three-day jaunt will kick off January 15 in Berlin and will run through November 17.Although Lennox has not released a solo album since 2007’s ‘Person Pitch‘ the musician has stated he has been working on a follow-up solo album.Panda Bear aka Noah Lennox Tour dates:Berlin, Germ
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Los Amparito, our MAP pick this month keeps delivering fantastic material, and for those who enjoyed the remixes for María y José ("Corazón Corazón") and Animal Collective ("Brothersport"), make sure to download the remix for Panda Bear's "Bros", one of my favorite songs of the decade from Person Pitch, one of my favorite albums of the decade. Los Amparito made a cumbia out of it, sounds like
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I can't stop listening to this song. So great. It just makes me feel like I was under the ocean with the sun shining outside.
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If you haven't had an opportunity to listen to Panda Bear's new album "Person Pitch," please please please do so. The only phrase that could really describe this album insofar that I have absorbed it is "a sonic BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM of sound".
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This past summer my love for Animal Collective got a little out of control. I would listen to "For Reverend Green" and "Fireworks" countless times a day. During the month of August I would go through album after album, carefully dissecting all the intricate layers of music, never failing to be impressed by the careful thought and orchestration that clearly went into each song. However with Fall...
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| 1 Comfy in Nautica |
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| 2 Take Pills |
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| 3 Bros |
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| 4 Im Not |
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| 5 Good Girl/Carrots |
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| 6 Search for Delicious |
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| 7 Ponytail |
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